Category: Maintenance Minute

Maintenance Minute: Turning Down the Heat

Warmer Wisconsin months are coming soon! As many of us are looking forward to spending more time outside in the higher-than-winter temperatures, our Facilities staff will begin to turn off the heat in our residence halls.

Maintenance Minute: Taking Out the Trash

It stinks, but we all have to take out the trash. When your bin is getting full, save your nose and room from potential odors and take your trash bags to the nearest trash and recycling location. There are maps posted in your residence hall showing the most convenient dumpster location for you. To keep …

Maintenance Minute: Safety & Security

You play a critical role in creating a safe community for everyone, and your actions impact everyone else in the community as well as your safety. What can you do to make sure your residence hall space is safe and secure for your community?

Maintenance Minute: How Housing Staff Clear Snow & Ice

During the colder months of the year, our Facilities staff are ready to keep the sidewalks and entryways around the residence halls and dining units clear and safe for you to walk on. Safety is our top priority, and all hands are on deck when snow starts falling. We make a plan for the winter …

Maintenance Minute: Fire Drills

Thank you for your participation and understanding in the recent residence hall fire drills! We know that they can be a disturbance or inconvenience, especially during winter months, but the drills are important to follow whenever they happen.

Maintenance Minute: Heating in Your Room

In recent weeks, most of our residence halls completed their seasonal switch over to heating as campus shuts down its chilled water for cooling and increases steam production for heat. Each residence hall has different types of heating systems. To learn how to control heating in your room and manage humidity levels, visit the Heating …

Maintenance Minute: Let Us Fix Your Room

As we approach the last months of the semester, why not make living in your room a little easier and more comfortable? You've got important finals, papers, and projects to work on soon, so let our Housing Facilities staff take care of those pesky quirks and problems in your room so you don't have to worry about them. All you have to do is submit a maintenance request!